Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Meta Platforms META10.40%increase; green up pointing triangle will start using people’s conversations with its AI chatbot to help personalize ads and content, offering a glimpse of how the company ...

The retail industry is working to catch up on generative AI as the technology evolves at a rapid pace. While plenty of companies are using it to drive efficiency, it’s also presented a change to how ...

Participants using ChatGPT increasingly relied on the AI chatbot, and eventually even tended to write essays solely through ‘copying and pasting.’ The researchers said, “The possibility that AI use ...

When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and ...

A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...

Nicholas Munkhbaatar started using ChatGPT shortly after the artificial intelligence chatbot was released in late 2022. He was 14 at the time, and he says, "I would use it for almost everything, like ...